Lots of words, nothing much new. I don't when we have signed questionable people; Guardians if anything overdo it on 'character". Clase turned out to be a lot worse than would have had any reason to suspect. It sounds like he talked Ortiz into joining the effort.
IF Stuart Fairchild is our most significant acquistion,that tells you how little we acquired. In fact, Armstrong should be better placed to help the pen this year than Sewald in 25 and the similar vet we signed in 24, both of whom were on downward trajectory.
No question the Gs had the quietest offseason in MLB.
Therefore they are picked to drop from 1st to 4th in the ALCentral with almost exactly the same team. Why? Logically they should get just about the same results from the same team, shouldn't they? Certainly Detroit has boosted itself up. But don't see why the Guardians shouldn't finish ahead of the rest of the Central unless injuries intervene.
Maybe, just maybe, a couple of the young guys will both hit well and stay healthy all year which could create an average offense anyway to go along with a pitching staff that is for some reason vastly underrated.